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The Encyclopedic Palace of the World : ウィキペディア英語版 | The Encyclopedic Palace of the World
''The Encyclopedic Palace of the World'' (''Il Palazzo Enciclopedico del Mondo'') is a mixed media, sculptural model that was created by self-taught Italian-American artist Marino Auriti in the 1950s. Now in the permanent collection of the American Folk Art Museum in New York City, the work came to international attention in 2013 when its name was adopted as the title of the 55th Venice Biennale by curator Massimiliano Gioni. ==Creation of the Work== Auriti explained his conception in the following terms: “This building is an entirely new concept in museums, designed to hold all the works of man in whatever field, discoveries made and those which may follow."〔http://www.folkartmuseum.org/?t=images&id=6430〕 The artist intended for his concept to be realized by a skyscraper that would soar above the National Mall in Washington D.C. Had ''The Encyclopedic Palace'' been constructed, it would have stood 136-storeys and 2,322 feet high, making it the tallest building of its time (only to be surpassed by the Burj Khalifa in 2010).〔http://www.folkartmuseum.org/?t=images&id=6430〕 Auriti, an auto-mechanic by trade in Kennett Square, Pennsylvania, worked on his model of a cylindrical tower for over three years. He constructed it on a 1:200 scale. The model stands 11 feet tall, with a horizontal diameter of 7 feet. It is made of wood, plastic, glass, metal, hair combs, and model kit parts, crowned with the television antenna. Auriti went so far as to acquire a patent and exhibit the model both in a storefront and a bank lobby, but his dream of a tower housing the totality of knowledge and dominating the skyline of the US capital was never realized. Following its debut the work was neglected in a warehouse for decades before entering the collection of the American Folk Art Museum.〔http://www.folkartmuseum.org/?t=images&id=6430〕
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